David Smit was the seventh child of Nathan Smit and Heintje de Wolff. He was a diamond polisher and earned a living in Antwerp. On 4 Augtust he married there Wilhelmina de Vries who was born in Antwerp, a shop keeper and a daughter of Emanuel David de Vries and Susanna Maria van Acker.
The marriage of Wilhelmina de Vries to David Smit was her 2nd marriage; she was previously married - on 9 January…